The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: Middle Georgia State, Georgia College; Falcons, UGA, Braves, Tech; NIL, MLB, colleges, NFL, NASCAR, golf

Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Coming Tuesday: GIAA previews

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High School

Softball

Bleckley County 11, Schley County 6

Perry 15, Northside 0

Piedmont 11, George Walton 7

          Jacie Jenkins drove in four runs on three hits, while Emily Whitwell and Kylee Keck added two hits each for Piedmont.

Pro

MLB

Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 1

NFL

NY Jets 24, Atlanta 16

 

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Honor Roll/Players of the Week

SSAC WSOC: MGSU’s Downey

Georgia College newcomer on All-PBC

 

Alumni Update

NBA title rings of Grant (Hancock Central) up for auction

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

QBs solid in Falcons loss to Jets after rough second half

Harris, Odorrizi shine in Braves road win

Four Bulldogs make AP All-America team

A Georgia season preview

Who’s next QB up in Athens? Smart explains

How much more talented is Georgia than Oregon?

Tech’s Franklin ready to prove himself as C of O-line

 

Name-Image-Likeness

LA HS signs big team-wide NIL deal

NIL bucks trickling down to high schools

Baseball/MLB

Freeman gives a half mil to his HS team

Banker-turned-pitcher cut after nice debut

Fired Maddon having a blast, and blasting

College Football/South

Where to Alabama position battles stand?

Jacksonville State P arrested for three violent charges, including on teammate

Napier raves about time at South Carolina State

College Football

AP preseason All-America team

Two Indiana State players killed in crash

Portal giving coaches more hits than misses

ACC preview and predictions

College Sports

Loyola’s Sister Jean turns 103, has a train stop named for her

Football/NFL/USFL

As expected, Mayfield gets nod at Carolina

Brady ends break

Denies he was on ‘The Masked Singer’

Lions turn practice over to players

Garoppolo trade is Browns’ best hope for saving the season

When your favorite team’s QB is Deshaun Watson

Auto Racing

Truex says NASCAR ‘wants us in a wad’ at Daytona

Busch reveals human side in ‘hard as hell’ year

Golf

Fitzpatrick on LIV, FedEx playoffs, more

NBA/WNBA

Rodman planning to intercede in Griner case

High School

Real-life coach from ‘Friday Night Lights’ book dies

Around the nation/world

MLB games/scores

WNBA scores/games

NFL games/scores